Weaving

Legend

“When the Divine Races wrapped the Astral into the thick carpet of Void Gardens, weaving changed forever.”

“Even more than when the Gods had stepped forth.”
–Skjald Valgrif

 

Description

Mana leaked, or deliberatly given shape, consistency, and mass. All of it can be altered, if one is skilled enough to dissolve and reform the mana. Originally this was done utilising whats called Astral Weaving, but due various circumstances, and needs, Void Weaving and World Weaving. Of course theres also Vornir Weaving, but only a few mortals knows but a fraction of this.

Weaving, regardless of type, is all about setting the mana sea in motion, to either form, or dissolve energies and steer its swirls into a desired result. As some are channelling nodes of divine will, their Astral weaving is rather flamboyant’ to pull energies from within our World, meanwhile those of Essence utilise World Weaving, a more compact style to dissolve and add Ingredient energies.

Arcane manipulators, has to draw energies onto our world from the Void, so their Void Weaving is as flamboyant’ as the channelling lot. Although less floating, and more compact and stiff in movements. The Mentalists on the other hand utilise as good as no weaving, and if at all, they use fragments of the Vornir Weaving once taught to mortals, by Vornir, Boriac, Stoicheian, Wickeryadi. It has stayed somewhat pure and working, despite its general secrecy, due to a few from the longer lived N-Erectus.

“As Gods know some mentalists agenda, they work against them by every means.”
-Skjald Vinotis

 

History

Maybe some divines or other beings manipulated the mana leaking and floating from the astral, before they as a whole became a sentinent, unified flock. If so, Void weaving is the eldest, otherwise it emerged at the Astral, and Astral weaving of energies into planned matter is the older. Regardless they both does the same, form or transform existence. For unnumbered millennia both divines and mortals went about their doings, but when divines created the world, the Astral became an exotic place sought by many powerful beings.

Slightly prior to that, in the last years of the Dark Ages, Insilnuella Eranvurtal visited and noticed different outcomes manipulating Mana, it made her stay there for 16 years. Being at the astral during the World Reforming, feeling the impact due to the condensed mana sea, she emerged to our World. Here she taught some of the Vornir Weaving she learned to others.

“Some call Insilnuella ‘Mother of Mentalists’.”
-Skjald Sejrik

 

Through time, every weaving has claimed its victims. Generally because manipulators attempt to perform projected casting, or due to interruptions. Each slowly grew into a school, then evolved into grand academies, trying to find, train, and thus save as many a mana manipulator as possible.

“Some, although perfectly aware of dangers, projected Magic Paths into something better -others… died.”

Skjald Ulrich

 

Organisation

Weaving consists of a series of body, limb, hand, and finger movements, unique to each Magic Path and is generally accompanied by the addition of Truenames, and Ingredients.

 

It’s not only a matter of how one poses, act, and so on. Even how the hands is held or used matters much to defensive or aggressive manipulating.

“The Monster instinctly swept it’s tail forward, cutting fingers… it was covered in gore from the exploding manipulator.”
-Skjald Sigurd

 

Special

Mentalists does not… need to weave… but if they do…  flee.

“A gentle nod, or  blink of eye -is all they need”
-Skjald Kazumix